RE: Re: Economists beware!
...some men rob you with a six gun...others with a fountain pen... Woody Guthrie on bankers. --- Original Message --- From: Charles Jannuzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 3/20/02 9:09:19 PM Italian guerilla group blamed for economist's murder I condemn this brutal and senseless act of violence. Where are the investment bankers? Well, they are busy either helping to run the government or the businesses that will further enrich Berlusconi. Like with the Bushes, it's hard to tell the difference. Reminds me of a Housemartins' song: Paupers will be paupers Bankers will be bankers Some save money in a jar Some own oil tankers Don't shoot someone tomorrow That you can shoot today A bit too incendiary, apparently, for the major label CD retrospective, but it was one of their catchiest songs. Given that the real dangers to Italian democracy constantly come from the right, the story is prime for a conspiracy theory. Again, Berlusconi benefits most from the guy's death. Now this one story I'd actually like to hear what Antonio Negri has to say. Charles Jannuzi
Economists beware!
A Reuter's story in The Irish Times 3/20/02 Italian guerilla group blamed for economists ! ; murder ! ; Last updated: 20-03-02, 19:46 ! ; Italy's interior minister said today an offshoot of the Red Brigades, an Italian urban guerilla ! ; movement that was active in the 1970s and 1980s, was responsible for the assassination of a ! ; government adviser. ! ; The two men who gunned down economist Mr Marco Biagi, senior labour ministry aide, last ! ; night in front of his home in the city of Bologna even used the same gun that was used in a ! ; similar political killing three years before, Interior Minister Mr Claudio Scajola said. ! ; "According to the first results, the gun is the same as that used in the D'Antona crime, which ! ; confirms the claim . . . that we are dealing with the Red Brigades for the Building of the ! ; Fighting Communist Party," he said. ! ; The same organisation was behind the 1999 assassination of another senior Labour Ministry ! ; aide, Mr Massimo D'Antona. Its star-shaped signature was found scratched into the wall of ! ; Mr Biagi's house, next to the place where a stray bullet had hit. ! ; A man claiming to represent the group telephoned a Bologna-based newspaper earlier today ! ; and said the group had carried out the killing. ! ; Mr Biagi had helped Mr Berlusconi's centre-right government draft controversial new labour ! ; reforms. Bologna's prosecutor general earlier said he believed the murder was tied to the ! ; contested plans which are aimed at making it easier to hire and fire certain categories of ! ; workers.
Economists beware!
Italian guerilla group blamed for economist's murder I condemn this brutal and senseless act of violence. Where are the investment bankers? Tom Walker
Re: Economists beware!
Italian guerilla group blamed for economist's murder I condemn this brutal and senseless act of violence. Where are the investment bankers? Well, they are busy either helping to run the government or the businesses that will further enrich Berlusconi. Like with the Bushes, it's hard to tell the difference. Reminds me of a Housemartins' song: Paupers will be paupers Bankers will be bankers Some save money in a jar Some own oil tankers Don't shoot someone tomorrow That you can shoot today A bit too incendiary, apparently, for the major label CD retrospective, but it was one of their catchiest songs. Given that the real dangers to Italian democracy constantly come from the right, the story is prime for a conspiracy theory. Again, Berlusconi benefits most from the guy's death. Now this one story I'd actually like to hear what Antonio Negri has to say. Charles Jannuzi
